In Europe, overall demand for hemp seeds and their derivatives has been growing over the last few years and in the short term, this trend will prevail in almost all EU countries. According to the European Association of Industrial Hemp (EIHA) in Europe, the demand for seed was in 2013 about 18 thousand tons, in 2014 - 20.5 thousand tons. And this despite the fact that less than the volume of exports of hemp seeds exported from China has doubled in five years. European konoplevodstva market Experts say that until the end of the decade hemp products as a source of valuable nutrients in Europe will double.

Noteworthy is the fact that the food market in Europe, Asia, North and South America as well as Australia and Oceania in the last decade are interested in not only the hemp seed. A significant demand in the world's developed economies enjoy the leaves and blossoms of technical hemp, which are widely used as a useful and tasty source of nutrition.

Given the active profile of the Association of Ukrainian growers, aimed at the legalization of the use of leaves and inflorescences malonarkoticheskoy hemp for industrial purposes, government agencies in 2016 raised the question - "Are there regulations governing the amount of THC in food sold on the territory of the economically developed countries world and what these figures. " Such studies in the territory of Ukraine is not carried out, however, to analyze the value of government officials interested can use the materials kindly provided us EIHA.

Despite some differences of state regulation of the specialized structures of both countries very closely cooperating in the field of harmonization of food standards. That is why the regulation parameters THC in Australia and New Zealand is governed by the standards of food products from these countries (Food Standards Australia New Zealand - FSANZ).

In Australia and New Zealand are allowed to cultivate industrial crops industrial hemp, if the leaves and flowering heads of the plant amount of THC does not exceed 0.5%. On the territory of the country allowed the cultivation of seeds of industrial hemp cultivation technology, only if the amount of dried straw controlled psychoactive substances does not exceed 0.3%. New Zealand Ministry of Health does not see any difficulties with the resolution of the use of hemp seed as a food product, as hemp seeds contain no THC. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, according to the fact that foods with a low content of tetrahydrocannabinol look great product on the food market because they provide cheap and high quality source of alpha-linolenic acid. Proposals for the necessary changes to the FSANZ from different ministries of both countries several times a year are considered, but the decision to allow sales of hemp seeds is not accepted as a food product.

From the information presented in the material can be made extremely simple, but conclusion suggests itself - what set the table maximum THC values ​​allowed in foods sold in Australia and New Zealand, if hemp seeds and their derivatives (except for oil in New Zealand) on nations territories can not be used as food.